NEW DELHI - In a world lacking clear global leadership, India must seize the opportunity to take the lead in range of pressing issues, from global free trade and mass migration to climate change, participants heard at the India Economic Summit, which opened on 5 October 2017. As the countries that created the international order after World War II increasingly look inward, we cannot afford a vacuum of leadership, said Ajay S. Banga, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mastercard, who asked: “Why the heck should it not be India’s turn to be the leader of that system?”........

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